Psychotherapist / Counsellor

Therapy Styles

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy, Person Centered Therapy, Humanistic Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Transactional Analysis Therapy, Inner Child Therapy. Internal Family Systems Therapy.

A combination of these styles of therapy may be used to treat your issues depending on the individual and the unique situation that you find yourself in. A tailormade therapy just for you!

(Specialising in) Childhood Trauma

Childhood trauma can be a lack of emotional support, lack of understanding, communication issues, estrangement from family members or extended family, neglect, abuse, isolation, or a multitude of causes. Unresolved childhood trauma within the adult presents itself as flashbacks, anger, anxiety, emotional disturbance or outbursts,
depression, anxiety, panic attacks, self-destructive behaviour or risky
behaviour, withdrawal or even complete numbness and
unresponsisveness. These issues can cause disturbance within
relationships. If you are affected by unresolved trauma, therapy can help.

Bereavement Therapy

 
Bereavement affects us in many ways. It isn’t always caused by the death of a loved one. It can be caused by family estrangement, breaking up with a partner or the ending of a close friendship. No matter why we feel bereaved, the symptoms of loneliness, sadness, anxiety, depression, unease and feeling lost in general can be common. Losing someone we trust, love and were close to can cause emotional upheaval that it is sometimes hard to put words together to describe. If this sounds like you, therapy can help.

Relational Issues Therapy

Relational trauma can be caused by an emotionally unstable environment where basic emotional needs were never met. This can leave us as adults feeling that we are overly dependant or co-dependant on others, especially in our intimate relationships. We may be needy, or crave the attention of others all the time. We can feel helpless or powerless to understand or control these feelings and feel a general sense of powerlessness in life. We can also feel that it is difficult to maintain healthy relationships or feel drawn to unhealthy ones, leaving us feeling taken advantage of, or feeling like a doormat. Experiencing a whirlwind of emotions from anger to deep upset is also common. If this is you, therapy can help.

Psychosexual Therapy

Psychosexual issues can be physically, emotionally and psychologically painful to live with. These issues are difficult and maybe overwhelming for the partner directly affected and usually caused by past sexual trauma that is unresolved. These issues can lead to that partner feeling at fault for intimacy issues within their relationship. Therapy can help to understand this trauma, process it and work through it using specialised therapeutic techniques. If you have similar issues, therapy can help.

Catering for Autism Spectrum in Therapy

People on the spectrum can often feel misunderstood. I work with autism through cognitive behavioural therapy to help with behavioural, emotional and social issues and thought patterns. I help with anxiety, processing thoughts and feelings and developing healthy communication. I also have a back garden with flowers and trees to spend time in if the client needs a breather. If you are on the spectrum and need support, or if you are caring for someone with autism and you need support, therapy can help.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Therapy

OCD involves anything from compulsive handwashing, counting, checking, organisation an arranging, to other repetative behaviours, usually accompanied by intrusive and negative or frightening thoughts, images or urges. Anxiety and distress connected to these thoughts and urges may push you to continue your repetative behaviours and the cycle begins again. If you need help to face your fears, thoughts and anxieties without repeating or acting on your compulsions, therapy can help.

Addiction and Cross Addiction Therapy

There can be many reasons for addiction and cross addiction, from a family history of addiction, childhood trauma, stress, boredom, peer pressure, socio-economic background, to mental health issues. Whatever the cause and whatever the addiction, you may be affected by negative emotional and behavioural changes, mood swings, lashing out, and possibly even personality change. All other relationships can be affected from these personal changes. If you or a family member are affected in any of these ways through addiction, therapy can help.

Self-esteem Therapy

Self-esteem issues or low self worth can affect you in many ways. You may not believe you are worthy of good friends, healthy relationships with family and partners and may take the role of scapegoat a lot. You may have negative thoughts about yourself or your life in general. You may have negative body image, low confidence, negative social comparison, self-doubt, fear of failure, lack of boundaries or you may be a people pleaser, forgetting to look after your own needs. However your esteem issues affect you, therapy can help.

Anxiety Therapy

Anxiety takes many forms. Social anxiety for example, or fear of people you do not know, or of large crowds, can prevent you from making new connections and from maintaining the relationships you already have, leaving you isolated. Anxiety can occur with exam pressure, running a household on low income, from abuse, or from the death of a loved one. Sometimes you may not know why you are anxious. However, your anxiety started, and however it affects you today, therapy can help.